Title Nature's colony : empire, nation and environment in the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Timothy P. Barnard

Published Singapore : NUS Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Contents Half title page; Full title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Nature's Colony; Chapter 2 -- Creating a Garden; Chapter 3 -- Conservation and Forests; Chapter 4 -- A Zoo in the Gardens; Chapter 5 -- The Economic Garden; Chapter 6 -- Hortus Singaporensis; Chapter 7 -- Improving on Nature in the Labratory; Chapter 8 -- The Gardens in a Garden City; Bibliography; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-278) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Botanic Gardens (Singapore) -- Influence Botanic Gardens (Singapore) Botanical gardens -- Singapore -- History Botanical gardens -- Social aspects -- Singapore Botany, Economic -- Singapore Science and state -- Singapore HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia. Botanical gardens Botany, Economic Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Science and state Singapore Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016326137 ISBN 9789813250338 981325033X

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